Punched, kicked, strangled: a two-year-old’s final days of hell

05 February 2019 - 06:11
By Shain Germaner
Baby Michael Moletsane.
Image: Supplied Baby Michael Moletsane.

The final month of two-year-old Michael Moletsane’s life was hell. For weeks he allegedly endured physical assaults from his mother’s boyfriend – kicks, punches, strangulation and, in one terrifying incident, a waterboarding-style torture.

But on January 24 2018, his frail body could take it no longer, and he succumbed to his injuries.